CEH acquires ambulance from PCSO
ROXAS CITY – The Capiz Emmanuel Hospital here is the first private hospital in the country to receive an ambulance donation from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes.
CEH Administrator Jessie Contreras said private hospitals do not usually get ambulance donations from the government, however, the CEH eventually became a beneficiary.
“It’s God who provided this. Nothing is impossible in Him,” Contreras said at the blessing rites for the vehicle Saturday morning at the centennial building of the hospital.
He said he had asked several congressmen and national officials to help the CEH avail of an ambulance from the PCSO but he was always told that a private hospital cannot acquire an ambulance from the national government.
Contreras said his request was granted through the assistance of Betsy Parojinog, finance officer of PCSO, a niece of former Sapian Vice Mayor Joe Parojinog.
The Proton ambulance costs P950,000.
Contreras also assured the PCSO that the financial aid the agency released for indigent patients will be properly used.
Atty. Mariano Dioso, chairman of CEH Board of Trustees, thanked God for providing the ambulance, and also acknowledged Contreras for initiating the request from the PCSO.
Meanwhile, the CEH also inaugurated its newly refurbished emergency room and trauma rooms in the same ceremony.
